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June 27, 2023 by natlawreview.com

As we previously reported, the Reagan-Udall Report evaluated FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) and reported that stakeholders were concerned over, among other things, a lack of clear guidance and transparency regarding regulations, the premarket review process, and enforcement priorities. On February 24, 2023, CTP responded to the report and committed to addressing all 15 of the recommendations outlined therein as expeditiously as possible.

June 26, 2023 by reason.com

Food and Drug Administration regulation of tobacco products is supposed to help protect public health. Yet since the FDA endeavored to regulate electronic cigarette and other vaping products through its tobacco regulation program, Americans' understanding of the relative risks posed by various types of tobacco products has gotten worse. Today fewer Americans understand that vaping poses less risk than smoking, and this ignorance could have significant consequences for public health.

June 20, 2023 by journalnow.com

June 16, 2023 by regulatorwatch.com

While the FDA didn’t necessarily create the moral panic over teen vaping, the agency appears to have stoked the fire, doing very little to stop it.

There may be no excuses for the FDA’s handling of nicotine vaping products, but regulating in an environment prone to moral panics isn’t easy.

In this episode of RegWatch, Dr. Cheryl K. Olson, health and behavior researcher and behavior science advisor at McKinney Regulatory Science Advisors, discusses FDA’s struggle to follow the science and the parallels she sees between the moral panic over teen vaping and the long-simmering moral panic over violent video games.

June 12, 2023 by filtermag.org

Moves by regulators to limit the nicotine content of cigarettes would encourage people to buy full-nicotine cigarettes from illegal sources, according to a new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University. But the availability of affordable vape products, the paper also suggests, would curb that migration to the illicit market.

In June 2022, the Biden administration announced a proposal to “establish a maximum nicotine level to reduce the addictiveness of cigarettes and other combusted tobacco products,” The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authority to set nicotine limits under the 2009 Tobacco Control Act.

June 06, 2023 by filtermag.org

The United States has just observed its annual Mental Health Awareness Month. Another year and another awareness month have gone by with little attention paid to the many people who both live with a mental health condition and smoke.

On average, people with a mental illness die up to 25 years younger than the general population, and many die from smoking-related chronic diseases. Tobacco-related diseases contribute to approximately 53 percent of deaths among people living with schizophrenia, 50 percent among people with depression, and 48 percent among people with bipolar disorder. [...]

June 06, 2023 by convenience.org

Late last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued warning letters to 30 retailers, including one distributor, for illegally selling unauthorized tobacco products. The unauthorized products were various types of Puff and Hyde brand disposable e-cigarettes. The Puff products include Puff Bar.

According to the FDA, Puff and Hyde were two of the most commonly reported brands used by youth e-cigarette users in 2022. Among youth e-cigarette users, about 20% reported usually using Puff Bar or Hyde brand products in 2022.

May 31, 2023 by cagw.org

During the annual celebration of World Vape Day, it is vital to take note of the significant contribution to reducing cigarette smoking and saving lives around the world that has been made possible by Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) products.  The event occurs every year on May 30.  From 2007 to 2015, more than 3 million U.S. adults used THR products to quit smoking cigarettes.  Yet there are many obstacles to more widespread use of this effective tool to reduce smoking.

May 17, 2023 by news-medical.net

Using e-cigarettes, or vaping, is highly popular among youth, with more than 2 million high school students using the products, according to the FDA. Recently, manufacturers have started to advertise and sell e-cigarettes with synthetic nicotine, which is made in a lab rather than derived from tobacco plants. There has been little research conducted with youth on their awareness of synthetic nicotine, or what the industry increasingly refers to as "tobacco-free" nicotine.

Now, a study by University of North Carolina researchers finds widespread uncertainty and misperceptions about the sources of nicotine in e-cigarettes among youth. [...]

May 17, 2023 by filtermag.org

On May 5, Rochelle Walensky, the director of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), announced her departure from her role, effective June 30. This prompted President Biden to laud “her steadfast and unwavering focus on the health of every American.” 

Her tenure, which began in January 2021, will be most widely remembered for controversies over the CDC’s response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which brought criticisms and self-acknowledged failures.